English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Greenhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Greneheued 1279 Ass22
  • Greneheade 1547 Lease

Etymology

, 1652 WilsonL , Greneheued 1279Ass 22(p), Greneheade 1547Lease 8 , v. grēne 1 , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site